Charity information: GlobalYell Ltd

Need

We live in the North Isles of Shetland and so there are a number of issues that we can help to solve through this project.
Isolation and rural issues mean that there are few people in the isles, and we want families, young and older people to get together more through this project.
There is sometimes a lack of access to arts activities and a lack of people with singing skills and we want to increase both.

Solution

We want to help people develop skills and confidence in performance, learn how to put on staged performances, learn more about musical theatre and opera, and ultimately, create a small performance group of young people and adults to stage pieces in Shetland. We also want everyone to have fun and enjoy being together in a group, making something we can be proud of.

Aim 1

To learn, rehearse and perform a staged musical theatre piece in a weekend.

Activities

» Learning and rehearsing the piece, working with a singing teacher and a choreographer. » Stage the performance in a local hall using volunteers to help set up and clear, serve food and drink, and collect donations.

What success will look like

Success will be...attracting performers and an audience who will give us a donation and leave us good feedback and evaluation forms!

Impact

The project will help us to work with the local community to make this event a success; we would like to hold it annually and grow it every year.
It will develop confidence and know-how, and we will see more events like it happening each year in the islands.
It will bring people together and allow them to share a common goal, young and old alike.

Risk

A risk is that trainers cannot get to Shetland through transport difficulties, illness, etc. We will plan to have alternative tutors if we need them, standing by to help. These tutors will be given music and the idea behind the performance prior to the event so that they can go straight into action if needed.
We might not get enough people attending to allow us to hold the event. We will offer places prior to the event, keep numbers low and have a cutoff date so we know how many are attending

Reporting

We will use evaluation forms and collate these. We will also produce a video of the performance and send that on with the collated evaluations. We will speak to tutors, participants and audience, gather the information together and write it up for donors.

Current Funding / Pledges

Location

Unst on the Shetland Isles, UK

Beneficiaries

The local community through access to an art event and performance, and by increasing the numbers of people visiting the islands.
Visitors through the performance.
Shetland through being associated with a national singing coach and choreographer.
The local area through being part of creating something unique and interesting in performance and singing.

Why Us?

We had a trial run last year with the singing tutor and it was a great success. We also have a number of years of experience working in arts administration and events management, and our aims of music appreciation and understanding mean that we have a remit to do this. We like to work with people to make things happen and affect where we live in positive ways, and this project will help us top get people singing more.